BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes “beyond petroleum.” That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company’s inability to contain a ...

The total number of active drilling rigs in the United States increased this week, driven by a rise in gas rigs, even as oil rig counts and crude production dipped.

ENTEBBE, Uganda (Dow Jones), Feb. 26, 2010 . A shortage of drilling rigs is hampering appraisals and drilling activities in oil fields in Uganda's Block 2 and Block 4B, the senior geologist at the ...

The boom looks like it’s back. The number of oil and gas rigs drilling in the U.S. has almost doubled since bottoming out at the lowest level in more than 75 years of records.

NEW YORK (AP) - BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes "beyond petroleum."That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company's ...